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Chris Ballard explains why Colts didn't trade for No. 1 pick

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3/28/2023 3:26:03 PM
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Throughout the majority of the offseason, the Indianapolis Colts were thought of as a team that might’ve traded up to the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 NFL draft, but it appears they were never major players to do so.

During the NFL owners’ meetings Monday in Arizona, Ballard gave a bit of insight into why the Colts were never truly in talks for the No. 1 pick, which eventually was traded to the Carolina Panthers, Kevin Hickey of USA Today's Colts Wire reports.

“Didn’t want to make a blind decision without all the information,” Ballard told reporters Monday. “I know for people, they might not understand that. But I think history kind of tells you that when you do that, you better know what you’re getting. And we weren’t quite ready to do that at that time. And then we feel like there’s enough depth in the draft that we were gonna be okay.”

Typically when a team trades up in the draft, they are doing so for a specific player. The top of the draft is a bit unique because the selection includes the entire draft class, but the Panthers felt comfortable enough with the quarterback class to make the blockbuster deal.

But it wasn’t a move Ballard was going to make without first knowing how they truly felt about the quarterback class.

“Carolina, give them credit,” Ballard said. “They feel like they’ve done their work, they felt like they were able to do it and they made the move.”

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